If you get damaged as a child, don’t ever expect the government to help. The history of government’s helping those in the most need, particularly if they are poor and vulnerable is abysmal. If it costs any money, governments are ‘out of there’. It’s almost as if a “it didn’t happen to me, so I have no feelings for the victims”...

In Methodist house in Westminster there is a room full of plaques. They are in memory of Methodist Clergymen and Lay people who went to Africa in the 1800’s as missionaries. As I looked at the plaques the realisation came over me that most were killed within two hearts of arriving there. Most then would have gone knowing that they’d most likely be killed...

I reckon I will never forget the events this past week, they have been so stressful for me. Firstly I had been asked to conduct the funeral service for Tori Johnson. That brave young Lindt Coffee Shop Manager in Sydney’s Martin Place who was killed during the siege there. It is an enormous privilege to be invited into peoples’ lives at times like that, but a huge...

Like all of you I have been shaken by the events of the past 24 hours. Last night I felt compelled to spend time at my Loaves & Fishes free food van meal service adjacent to Martin Place in the inner city. I felt those turning up for a free meal in the middle of all that was going on needed my support and encouragement. Afterwards I wandered through Martin...

Dear Friend As Christmas comes around again, one of the people on my mind is you. I wonder if you know how much difference you make through your support for my Exodus Foundation? I want to simply tell you ‘thank-you!’, but I can’t leave it at that. The reason is that the tide of people needing your help never stops rising. On Christmas Day alone my team and I will...

A Call for Calm A few weeks ago on my Sunday night radio program on Sydney Radio 2GB 873 I invited a philosopher to speak on the causes of Islamic radicalism. The effect it had on some listeners was truly electric. It became obvious to me that amongst many listeners a “Team Australia” versus “Team Islam” mentality was developing. Some listeners called me a traitor...

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For over 40 years I have been striving to help the poor, the oppressed and the marginalised of society. I am a Uniting Church minister. I run The Exodus Foundation and The Bill Crews Charitable Trust. I also founded The Big Picture Film Festival and have a radio program every Sunday night on 2GB-873AM in Sydney.